Re: PECL/memcache is looking for a maintainer

On 22 March 2010 15:50, Herman Radtke <hermanradtke@gmail.com> wrote: > I would also like to help.  I am pretty familiar with php extensions > and use memcache extensively. > > I will start by fixing some of the reported bugs and then maybe Pierre > and I can work out a roadmap. > > On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 8:15 AM, Pierre Joye <pierre.php@gmail.com> wrote: >> hi, >> >> I'm steping in as maintainer as I do need memcache for a portable, dep >> free extension to work with memcached servers. While memcached is >> nice, libmemcached (what uses memcached) does not fit well in my >> hetegenerous environments and its code quality is discutable (while >> working well). >> >> My main goals are: >> >> - implement the binary protocl >> - fill the gaps with memcached >> >> Then: >> - bring API compatibility so an app can use one or the other without >> having to modify its code >> >> >> Cheers, >> >> On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 4:03 PM, Brian Moon <brian@moonspot.net> wrote: >>> I am all for competition amongst extensions, but I would like to request >>> that if this does not find a maintainer soon, it be deprecated in favor of >>> pecl/memcached. As someone that provides support to the PHP users in the >>> memcached mailing lists and talks about memcached at conferences, I have >>> started recommending the pecl/memcached extension more and more. It has >>> maintainers and has the advanced features of the binary protocol. >>> >>> I do not want to diminish the work that Antony and Mikael did on this >>> extension. It was the only extension available in PECL for a long time. It >>> served me and my interests very well. I appreciate the work they did. >>> >>> Brian. >>> -------- >>> http://brian.moonspot.net/ >>> >>> On 3/22/10 8:34 AM, Antony Dovgal wrote: >>>> >>>> Hello all. >>>> >>>> This is an official announcement that PECL/memcache is currently looking >>>> for a maintainer. >>>> >>>> Mikael cannot continue his work due to a career change and I didn't follow >>>> the extension >>>> development for quite a number of years already, so we're looking for a >>>> person willing >>>> to take over the extension and continue its development and maintenance. >>>> >>>> Volunteers are very welcome. >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> PECL development discussion Mailing List (http://pecl.php.net/) >>> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >>> >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Pierre >> >> @pierrejoye | http://blog.thepimp.net | >> http://www.libgd.org >> >> -- >> PECL development discussion Mailing List (http://pecl.php.net/) >> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >> >> > > > > -- > Herman Radtke > hermanradtke@gmail.com | http://hermanradtke.com > > -- > PECL development discussion Mailing List (http://pecl.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > Now that is a perfect example of the Open Source community in action. Nicely done everyone. -- ----- Richard Quadling "Standing on the shoulders of some very clever giants!" EE : http://www.experts-exchange.com/M_248814.html EE4Free : http://www.experts-exchange.com/becomeAnExpert.jsp Zend Certified Engineer : http://zend.com/zce.php?c=ZEND002498&r=213474731 ZOPA : http://uk.zopa.com/member/RQuadling